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Make This One Simple Change When Asking This Question

Make One Simple Change When Asking This Question

Most people don't realize how powerful words are and how small tweaks can transform how we affect others and empower engagement. I've taught numerous classes and workshops ...

What Does Your Current Prayer Mean To You?

My Current Prayer & The Meaning Behind It

Last Friday, I shared a prayer I wrote in 2014. Below, I share the prayer I've been using for the last few years for myself and others, and what it means to me. Here is my s...

What Is The Deal With My Email Greeting?

What Is The Deal With My Email Greeting?

If you've received emails from me within the past few years, you might wonder why I start most emails with "Peace & Grace to you :-)" - I've got a cousin who actually figure...

How Switching To A Healthcare Sharing Service Has Saved Us Thousands Of Dollars

How Switching To A Healthcare Sharing Service Has Saved Us Almost Forty Thousand Dollars

Shortly after we were married and moved to Atlanta, we had a friend sign us up for medical insurance through Kaiser Permanente. For me and my wife with pregnancy coverage, our c...

My Invitational Prayer For God To Bring His Order In My Life

My Invitational Prayer For God To Bring His Order Into My Life

2014 was a challenging year for me. I had recently shut down my company and begun a new journey in freelancing. There were also difficult personal and relational challenges I wa...

Are Your Trimming Hedges When You've Been Asked To Mow The Lawn?

Are You Trimming Hedges When You've Been Asked To Mow The Lawn?

There were several times during the Noodlehead Marketing journey where I asked team members to execute on specific projects and tasks. I'd ask them to do one thing and they'd di...

This One Behavior Will Set You Apart From Everyone Else

This One Behavior Will Set You Apart From Everyone Else

Explicit Communication. I was talking to a fellow freelancer about communication and the general lack of response of people when we email, text or call others. Many times we se...

Feeling Overwhelmed? How Getting Focused Helped Me Get Grounded

Feeling Overwhelmed? How Getting Focused Helped Me Get Grounded

09 September 2016

By Mid-October of 2016, I will log the same amount of hours I logged for all of 2015. Simply put, I'm on track for a 20% growth in the number of billable hours this year. With o...

Book Commentary On Why The Universe Is The Way It Is

Book Commentary: Why The Universe Is The Way It Is by Hugh Ross

Several months back, I was given a copy of Why The Universe Is The Way It Is (Affiliate Link) by Hugh Ross from his organization Reasons To Believe. I recruited a friend to join...

Taking A Small Step To Get More Efficient

Taking A Small Step To Get More Efficient

I was listening to this podcast by Michael Hyatt about conquering the email inbox. I remember when this was the most difficult mountain to conquer as I was constantly crticized ...

iceberg in the ocean

How The Iceberg Effect Illuminates How Much We Don't Know

18 February 2016

"...our human instincts, shaped for (and craving) a simple world, fundamentally mislead us in a complex, unpredictable world." - Jennifer Garvey Berger The Iceberg effect ...

Do You Know Your Four Intrinsic Desires Of The Heart?

Do You Know Your Four Intrinsic Desires Of The Heart?

01 February 2016

I've noticed an intrinsic human pattern of four fundamental desires in each of us. The first is our desire to survive. It's quite simple, we don't want to die. In America, we'...

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